Samsung is fond of announcing new gadgets once in a while; others may see it as a chance of having alternatives, especially those who doesn't have more bucks to drop for a flagship device. So now, the new hardware is called the Galaxy Core and basing on the looks of it, it borrows aesthetics to the Galaxy S 4 - those rounded edges and glossy finish makes these two devices look like a smaller and a bigger version of each other.

Anyways, you'll have a fair share of screen real estate with it's 4.3-inch 480 x 800p display that'll be treated with a TouchWiz, ofcourse, skin on top of the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Under its hood, you'll get a set mid-range affair - 1.2 GHz dual-core CPU, a gigabyte of RAM, 8GB of internal memory and a 5MP rear shooter. The Galaxy Core has a dual-SIM capability as its trademark feature and a reasonable 1800 mAh battery that could keep you on the road for a while.

If the specs doesn't please you, the Galaxy Core is brushed with softwares similar to the Galaxy S 4's - Smart Stay, S Voice, Smart Alert, Motion Ui, etc. So if you're up to the idea of having S 4's flagship softwares but not particular with those pesky internals, the Core might be the handset for you.

It'll come to the Philippines in two waves, the dual-SIM variant will hit us on May and the single-SIM model will come July. So what do you think, would this be a good alternative?

Pinoy Metro Geek is a PCB-SiP Package Design Layout Engineer by day and a Tech Blog Power Ranger by night. He juggles his interests in gadgets, travel and music. He likes to do all his techie stuff with his cup of coffee.